From:
HONGKONG
To:
WAR OFFICE
9
For Civil Affairs from CCAO.
D.T.0.
270725
45
I have seen SACSEA Number 191922
With considerable apprehensi on.
This Administration is at present and that you can promise no
immediate alleviation of this situation. It is imperative therefore
that temporarily at least air passages with the highest priority
should be granted to all Civil Affairs Officers on our establishment
and any other personnel for whom we ask urgently repeat urgently
and that they still not be kept waiting at Colombo. This includes
those personnel nominated in our number Eight.
I know you are aware how understaffed
D.D.C.A. ( P & T) for action.
Distribution by C.A.2
P.U.S D.C.A.
D. of E.
D.D.C.A. (P & T) (M.G) Col (CA)
D.E. (0.A.)
C.A.1, 4, 9, 17
0.10
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Q(M) 8(3)
S.D.5
M.0.12
C.A.S (Hongkong) 2 Park St.
Mayfair.
Foreign Office (Mr. Scott,
F.E. Dept.) Colonial Office (Mr. Gent